Paper package.



S. WHEELER, Jn. PAPER PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED oow. 12, 1908.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

SETH wHEELEa-Ja, or CASTLETON, NEW YORK.

paper packages and PAPER PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 12, 1901;. Serial No, 467,248.-

To all whom it may concem:

'Be it known that I, SETH WHEELER, Jr., a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Castleton, county of Rensselaer, State of New-York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Packages, of which the followin is a specification, reference bein had to t e accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, 1

I My invention relates to improvementsin particularly to paper packages composed o a plurality of units each comprising one or more sheets having one brmore folds therein whereby two or more'leaves are formed, the leaves of adjacent units being inte1 folded.

This form of package is employed in a cabi net with the first leaf of the lowermost end unit of a package rojecting through a delivery "slot. B lilling upon this unit, the said unit is wit awn and at the same time the first leaf of the next succeeding unit, which then becomes the end unit of the package, is drawn out through the delivery opening and exposed for the next withdrawin' operation. As a aekage becomes partly use up it is desirab e to. recharge the cabinet with another package so that when the last unit of any one package has been withdrawn, the first or end unit of the new package shall be ready for withdrawal. This'may, of course, beeffected by the interleaving of the adjacent terminal leaves of the two packages, but such an operation is somewhat diflicult to accomplish and re uires some dexterity to effect.

my present invention, I have provided a means-whereb it is o ly necessary to insert the new pac age in t e cabinet, ermittin it to rest upon the remainder of t e partia y used package, without any interleaving of the terminal units of the two ackages, 1n

order that the new. package may e available for use directly the old package has been entirely used up. This means comprises a terminal unit formed of a single sheet of paper preferably somewhat thicker than thepaper the lengt -ordinarily employed in the units, the said unit'havmg an end leaf of a length less than h of the leaves of the ordinary units, this short end leaf arranged .to project over the edge of the reniaining portion of the'package contained in the cabinet and so to be concealed thereby until the balance of the'forfmer aekage is completely used up. When the ast sheet of such package is removed, this (and leaf or leader, as I term it, will be exwith my invention.

posed to view and the first sheet of the new unit may be readily introduced through the delivery 0 ening by the manipulation of this terminal e ement.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will now proceed to describe an Patented Jan. '26, 1909.

embodiment thereof, having reference to the accompanying drawings, and will then point out the novel eatures in claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a package'constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. '2'is a view in transverse section throu h a" cabinet containing portions of two pac ages, one being the remainder of a packa e which has been par tially dispensed and t e other the lower portion ofa new package. Fig. 3 .is a view in perspective of one of the leader elements removed from the package. Fig. 4 is a view in pers ective' of two of the units of which the pac age, as a whole, is composed, showing their construction and the manner in which they are interfolded.

The units composing the package illustrated in the drawingherein comprise 'each two sheets, a and I), 'each sheet folded backwards upon itself twice as at 'c'soa's to form three leaves, (1, e and The leaves (Z and f are. interfolded with corresponding leaves .of the adjacent units, allof which will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings. Fig. 4 illustrates two units partly separated, it being understood that in the final package, the leaves are pressed down close to ether as shown in Fig. 1.

11 hi 3, I have shown, in perspective, a vtermina element constructed in accordance This terminal unit has.

three leaves g, h and i, the leaf 7'. bein verymuch shorter than the leavesd, e and of the packa e units. This terminal element is interfol' ed with the end unit of the package, the leaf '1', being allowed to 'roject' somewhat in the manner shown in 1 1. When the new package is placed in t e cabinet upon the remainder of the old packa e, this leaf 1',

is allowed to project downwar behind the remainder of the preceding package as is clearly shown in F1 .2 of the drawings. The

new package thus mtroduced into the cabinet is -not interleaved in any way with the remainder of thepreceding'package, and the remainder of the recedmg package is disensed just as be ore b the simple with drawal of the units, one

i one through the delivery of the opening 0 the cabinet. So

as any portion of the said receding 1011i pac age remains in the cabinet, t leaf t willbe concealed from View, and being very much shorter than the exposed leaf of any unit, there will be no danger of it being handled accidentally. When, however, the last unit of the preceding package has been removed, this leaf '0 of the next succeeding package will be exposed to view and by grasping the said sheet and drawing the element, g, h and '1', through the delivery opening, the first leaf of the end unit of the new ackage will be drawn into place through the elivery opening -so that the new package will then be in a position to have its units dispensed one at a time in the required manner. I preferably form the elements g, h and i of a s' le sheet of paper of stiffer, heavier materia than that of which the sheets of the units are composed, and I may conveniently introduce advertlsmg matter upon the vashown at 7' rious leaves ofsuch elements as will be well understood. I also conveniently. cut the edges of the terminal leaf '1; at an angle as is so thatthe extremity thereof is considerabl narrower than the width of the package. eaf in position behind the remainder of the preceding package in the cabinet is facilitated, the user is compelled to rasp the sheet near the center, and the liabi 't of the leaf being accidentally handled W e there is still any portion of the receding package left in position, is stillfurtlier reduced.

What I claim is:

1. A package of paper comprising a pluy this means, the placing of the rality of folded and interfolded units, and a terminal element interleaved with the end unit, the final leaf of the said terminal element being shorter than the leaves of the units.

2. A package of paper comprising folded and interfoldedunits and a terminal element also interfolded therein, the said terminal element composedof a heavier material than the material of which the units are composed and provided with a projecting end substantiallyasset forth. h r

3. A package of paper comprising units which are folded into leaves, the leaves of adj acent units bei interfolded, and provided with a terminal e ement ha foldedwith the final leaf of the end unit, the said terminal element being provided with a rojecting leaf 1 of a length less than. the ength of the leaves of the units;

4. A package of paper comprising units which are folded into leaves, the leaves of adjacent units bein interfolded, and provided with a terminal e ement having a leaf interfolded with the final leaf of the end unit, the said terminal element being provided with a projecting leaf of a length less than the length of the leaves of the units, and having its edges cut away at an angle so that it is narrower at its end than the width of the leaves of the units.

SETH WHEELER, JR.

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